#pacific ocean
SpaceX seeking permit to splash down in Pacific, Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean
Public comments are due Jan. 17 on Elon Musk’s plans for his SpaceX rockets to splash down in a much wider area, including Hawaiian waters and 240 nautical miles east of the Papahānaumokuākea National Marine Sanctuary.
Fish food: UH researchers study circular ocean currents’ role in phytoplankton blooms
Circular ocean currents, called “eddies,” play an important role in supplying nutrients for marine life and can stimulate blooms of phytoplankton, microscopic plant life that lives on the ocean surface, according to new research published by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographers.
The Nature Conservancy unveils expanded insurance policy for Hawai‘i coral reefs
The Nature Conservancy first purchased statewide coral reef insurance in 2022. The new policy doubles the area covered – as well as the minimum payout following a damaging hurricane or tropical storm.
UH: Long-lasting La Niña events increasing in frequency, impacting industries
New research from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa reveals that the occurrence of long-lasting La Niña events, which impact many industries from agriculture to tourism, have become more frequent.
El Niño, La Niña multi-year events could become more common, intensify climate risks
A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa assistant professor and an international team of researchers have revealed shifts in the tropical Pacific’s “Pacific Walker Circulation,” potentially leading to more prolonged El Niño and La Niña events, and intensifying climate-related impacts.
Currents bring both debris and marine life to the Pacific Garbage Patch
Marine surface-dwelling organisms, such as jellies, snails, barnacles and crustaceans, are a critical ecological link between diverse ecosystems.
Earthjustice files lawsuit to protect sea turtles, sharks, whales
Earthjustice filed suit today on behalf of the Conservation Council for Hawai‘i and native Hawaiian cultural practitioner Mike Nakachi seeking protection of a host of threatened and endangered Pacific Ocean species from harm.
Lockheed Martin applies for extension of deep-sea mining licenses in Pacific Ocean
Lockheed Martin has applied to the federal government to extend two licenses to 2027 for exploratory deep-sea mining of hard minerals in the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone, halfway between Mexico and Hawaiʻi.
